The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, March 17, 1897, Image 4
WEDNESDAY. MAROK 17, 1897.
The Sumter Wohfiman was rounded
n 1850 aad the True Southron in i860.
The WatcliT?ian and Southron now has
h e com bined circulation and in?uence
of both of the old papers, and is mani?
festly th? best advertising medium in
Samter.
The ex-Presidents are both busy.
Ben bas discarded his grandpas hat
and is fully occupied with "?o. 1 of
LoS 2, Harrison edition, while. Grover
is shooting ducks.
Senator Earle is pledged to play
second fiddle to Tillman's "able ef?
forts" in the Senate. Such a fate
for such a man ! Sometimes we have
recollections of the speeches made
m the campaign of '90, and these
suggest comparisons between the
now and the-then.
ry.--:
Blind tigers flourish in Charleston
under the noses of a special anti
Mind tiger police force and a large
constabulary. In other places the
tiger has grown lean or is now ex?
tinct. Suinter i? a fair example of
the gradual extinction of the blind
tiger 8p?eitc* At one time there
was no difficulty in purchasing con?
traband j but now nothing is heard
of the tiger, and unless there is a
chosen circle w^ose members keep
well the secret of the tiger's lair,
the tiger's vocation is gone.
Kew journalism appears to .be
synonymous with colossal and shame?
less lying. Exposure one day, in?
stead of producing shame and con?
fusion, calls for a more circumstantial
and deceptive lie the ^ext.
A detailed report of the work done
on the public roads by the chain
gang during the last focal year
would make interesting reading, and
' we should take pleasure in publishing
it. Such a report may have been
been made to the County Boaid of
Commissioners, bufc if so,we have
not been so informed.
The enforcement of the rule requir?
ing the hotel dispensaries in Charleston
to close promptly at 6 o'clock, looks
a little iike the moral side of the insti?
tution is to have some showing against
the money making side.
Secretary Carlisle is weil takco care
. of by the money power which be served
so faithfully and zealously while in the
Cabinet. He is now drawiog . regu?
lar salary cf $25.000 per year from
one corporation, and bas been engaged
as special counsel io several important
suits by other corporate monopolies.
It pays to make friends with the money
powers for they bestow handsome re?
wards.
Some of the Northern papers are
antagonising the appropriations for im?
provements on Southern rivers aod
harbors and cite as a reason for their
opposition the small and iosignifioant
custom receipts of the beneficiary ports.
The antagonism comes with an ill-grace
from the section that has been th? ben?
eficiary of the government to the ex eot
of hundreds of millions, it is tor ibe
purpose of increasing the basin ees ot n?c
ports that the harbor improvements were
projected, and if the drift of the export
and import trade continues southward
at the same rate that bas prevailed dur?
ing the past few years, it will be but a
brief period before the volume of cus?
tom receipts will be in proportion to the
sums expended in making the ueeded
improvement, We have more than a
suspicion that great increase in the
business of the ports of Baltimore,
Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Nor?
folk, Port Royal and other Southern
seaports and the corresponding decrease
io the trade of New York. Bostoo and
other Northern pore bas more to do
with the antagonise to appropria?
tions for harbor improvement than
a disinterested spirit of eoooomy
The development of ttrade through
Southern ports is what the North fears
and desires to preveot if possible, for
the inroads already made in the grain
trade by New Orleans, io particular,
and oth?r Southern ports as a whole is
ao index of the condition the opeo
ports and the growth of the new spirit
of commercial enterprise in the south
?rill bring about. There is no sincere
objection on the part of those who op?
pose harbor appropriations to squander?
ing public money-they object only to
the competition that will result from
putting Southern ports on an equal
footing with the Northern ports.
A correspondent writing from El?
liotts expresses the opinion that par?
tiality bas been shown by kseping the
chala gang ait work in the vicinity o
the county seat while the roads in othe
portions of the county are in adeplorabl
condition. Io the first place the chain
gang has not been kept in the immedi?
ate vicinity of this city, having done a
great deal of work on different roads at
a distance of ten to fifteen miles from
Sumter. It cannot be successfully dis?
puted that work done on the several
roads radiating from the county seat is
directly beneficial to a greater nu m bec
of the taxpayers of the county than
work done anywhere else tn the county,
for those residing in all sections, even
to the remotest quarters, inasmuch as
these roads are most frequently used
by those coming to the county seat, if
there has been partiality, which is not
admitted nor can it be substantiated
from the records, who is responsible ?
Not the people of the vicinity of Sum?
ter. No. Who then ? The County
Board of Commissioners is com?
posed of one commissioner from each
township, and it is not to be supposed
that a beard which represents each and
every section of the county, and so
fully acquainted with the needs of
every section would do otherwise than
direct the work of the chain gang in
those places where the greatest Dumber of
taxpayers will receive the greatest ben?
efit therefrom. If the remote sections
of the county have been discriminated
against the representatives of those
townships are responsible, for they have j
an equal voioe and equal powers in tbe
board as representatives of tbe town?
ships lying contiguous to Sumter town?
ship. \
Shepperson's Sound Sense.
Words on Polly of Overpro-j
duetion of Cotton which
will Fall on Deaf Ears.
Augusta, Ga , March 15 -The fol- j
lowing letter.in reference to decreas- j
ing the production of food supplies j
is seni out for the information of col- ?
ton planters. Coming from an expert
statistician ou the production and
consumption of cotton it emphasises
?be conclusions and justifies the action
taken by the American Cotton Grow?
ers Protective association, which met
in convention in this city to day :
New York, March 12, 1897.
To Hon. Patrick Walsh, Editor Chron
icle
My Dear Sir : Though our present ?
cotton crop will probably not exceed j
8,500,000 bales and the stocks in the i
world s markets and mills at the end j
of the season may be even below the !
moderate figures at its commence- j
ment, the fact remains that cotton is I
half a cent a pound lower than !
a year ago The cotton goods trade
is exceedingly dull and prices at
about the lowest. Many American j
mills are running on short time My j
friend, Mr Thoa Ellison of Liver- j
pool, thinks the European mills will j
consume no more cotton the present ?
season than daring last season" In j
view of tiie injury to British trade
ftom the plague and famine in India,
it is, in ray opinion, even doubtful if
last season's consumption will be ac?
tually maintained In Bombay the
cotton mills are practically closed,
thus leleasing more cotton for export
to Europe than had been estimated
It is to be added that the cotton crop
in India will be larger than the est i
mate? of several months ago Our
'congress is about to meet in extra
session to discuss a general revision
of the tariff and the uncertainty as to
the ontcome of the matter will de?
press every kind of business. The
M*fM?on may be a long one and it is
by no means certain that any kind of
a bill will be passed, as the Repub?
licans do not control the senate. Tbe
depression in business on account of
uncertainty in regard to the tariff
would then continue into 1898.
These are the conditions which con
front the southern farmers upon the
eve of planting time this spring. It
seems to me they indicate with a
clearness which admits of no question
that every farmer should first make
provision for ample food and forage
crops before considering Jthe matter
of cotton acrage.
In July last when the crop pros
pects were so favorable that many
people predicted a yield of 10,000,
000 bales the price for November
delivery declined to nearly 6 18
cent?, while middling cotton on the
spot sold at 7 1-16 cents Had not
the severe drouth occurred the crop
might easily have reached 9,500,000
to 10,000,000 bales and this addition
to the supply would probably have
resulted in lower prices by fully 1
1-2 cents per pound than are current
to-day. I think middling colton
would have sold at 5 1 2 cents in
New York and this wonld have
been disastrous to southern j
farmers and a serious injury to the |
entire country owing to the disturb- |
ance in foreign exchanges which |
would have been caused by so great
a 6hrikage in the value o? our cotton
exports. Ldo not believe that one
planter in a thousand can produce
cotton so cheaply that he can sell it
on the basis of 5 1-2 cents a pound
for middling in New York and get
back even the cost of production, to
say nothing of any profit. ?
It ia well for our southern farmers
to remember that the cost of produc?
tion exerts no influence whatever on
the immediate market value of any
commodity. The present price is
governed almost entirely by the ex?
isting conditions of supply aud de
maud When commodities are sold
for less than the average cost of pro?
duction that fact will necessarily cur
tail production, and a dimunition in
supply will follow later on which will
then cause an advance in price.
Farmers, however, cannot wait for
these processes as they are generally
compelled to sell their crops prompt?
ly in order to meet their obligations
It is true that corn ]$ considerably
lower in Chicago than it was a year
ago, while oats and provisions are a
trifle lower and wheat and flour a lit?
tle higher. The reduction in the
price of some of these articles, how
ever, should be no reason for piant
ing more cotton and less grain, for of;
what avail to the southern farmer
would be the low price of grain and
provisions if his cotton bad to be
sold for so little as to leave him no
surplus money with which to buy
these thi?gs. The world does not.
need as much American cotton ? can
be grown on the present acreag If
all southern farmers would raise their
own food and forage crops (including
meat and farm animals) and make of
cotton a surplus or "money crop'7
they would have in their own hands
the amplest protection against low
prices for cotton, inasmuch as the
overproduction of the staple would
be avoided and they would not be
forced to sell their cotton off in the
periods of its greatest depression
Yours very truly,
ALFRED B SHEPPERSON.
Some Reflections For the
Present.
?-.
The New York Jouroal paid $100
for a white mao, well educated, who in
great desperation sold himself. The
Journal put thi* "accomplished'' but
greatly distressed citizen to a work io
the streets of New York-to huDt up
tbose who were in a worse condition
than he was, and that is DOW the occu?
pation of this white slave. The peor,
gifted fellowjbad in vaio sought work.
He fou. d 177,OOO destitute people in
the great city. This is an awful pic
tare aod shows that a return of prosper?
ity in fact aod not io newspapers is a
very great thing to be desired. It is
also said that in Chicago there are 70,
000 dependent upon charity. What a
picture ? What a commentary upon
the boasted good times and abundant
money While a few hundred thou?
sands there are millions in distress,
and even in extreme poverty. And
this too in i he greate.-t republic of the
worid. All over our land in all cities
the very poor abound There are suf
Heient. catees for all this tramping and
suffering and ^qaalor and poverty and
despair. We see it given out that now
3.000 000 people io our land are class?
ed as "destitute " Why this ? The
Nashville Sun says :
''God bas blessed the laud, but roan
has brought a curse upon it Riches
have b^en piled up mountain high iii
the hands of a very few, and millions
who live by toil ar? made to suffer.
The man who sows is not permited to
reap the fruit* of bis industry aod
toil. Speculators and money changers
combine against him aod force hU pro?
ducts out of bis hands without leaving
bim a margie for profits, aod io turo
withhold them from the markets until
the prices are forced up on the coo
somers, thus robbing the producer of
bis profits aod exactiog from the con?
sumer more than be should pay."
Would to God there were signs of
returning prosperity, and that the mil?
lions of poor migbt find work to earn
their bread. There are poverty and
distress broad cast ?od he has oo eyes
to see or read who bas not fonod it
out
Clemson College.
Governor Ellerbe returned to the city
yesterday afternoon from Clemson Col?
lege where he had beeo attending a
meeting of the Board of Trustees. He
said the chief matter of business was
the proper expenditures of the income
of the College.
Another matter of great interest to
the taxpayers wa? the determination of
the Board to retorn to the State $10,
000 which the College drew over the
appropriation a year or two ago The
appropri?t on was or $25,000 but for
?onie clerical error it was made $35,
000 The extra $10.000 was used but
will now be returned. The College
will not lack for the sinews of war this
year. Already the privilege tax
amounts to between $49,000 and $50,
000 There are 330 students in attend?
ance The Governor stated that
things wer? moving along smoothly.
Colombia Register, March 13
The oolored Catholics of this coun?
try DOW number 250,000, have two
priests of their own race, with thirty
young negroes preparing for the minis?
try, three convents and about 200 lis?
ters in various communities. The I
State baving the largest Catholic popu- j
iaticn is Louisiana, 80,000 negroes !
professing the faith ; aod Maryland j
comes next with over 36,000 -Au- j
gusta Chronicle.
Tba city of New York liss had two
i years of reform ; the result, is an in?
crease in funded debt of over $21,000,
000, although the amount raised by
taxation W3s $9,000,000 more last year
than io the last yoar of the Democrat?
ic administration.
PEOPLES1 HEALTH.
THE STATE BOARD DIS?
CUSSES THE OUTLOOK
The State board of medical exami
ners met yesterday in the office o
the comptroller general with Dis
Charles M. Reese and T Grange Si
mons of Charleston. Dr. James Evans
of Florence, Dr. Chas R. Taber 0}
Fort Motte. Dr VV. LI Nardin cf
Anderson. Dr A A Moore of Cam?
den ?nd John R. Bratton of York
viile present. They considered the
matter of expending the appropria
tion. which is !ar<rer this vear than
O tv
last.
The action of the legislature in
limiting them to only 300 copies of
the report of the board of health
provoked discussion and it was final?
ly agreed to ask that this number be
very considerably increased There
is mucji valuable information em I
bodied in this report, such as climatic
and atmospheric conditions, and in J
fact many things that persons wish j
to know concerning the sanitary con- ?
dition8 of the State Many requests
are made for these reports, and furth j
er, the requests do not come from j
different paris of the Union alone,
but from Europe, Chile and Canada j
It was also decided to ask the
State Medical association to join in
asking government aid in improving
the river drainage. With this se?
cured and artesan well water used
for drinking purposes, the board
thought that the chief sources of
sickness would be remosed and ma
lariat fever would be at an end.
More negroes die from consnmp
lion than any other diease and the
board proposes to take this matter
in hand. A letter will be prepared |
and sent to the various colored teach?
ers throughout the State. It will
give direction how to prevent the
spread of the germs of the disease
The bill for the collection of vital
statistics which was defeated by the
legislature, will be renewed at the
next session and the board will u*e
everj effort to get it passed
After due considerate n of the
above matters the board adjourned -
Columbia State, March 13. ,
The rann who eats bec*?*? ht* is hungry i?,
thu.-* ?ar, on a level with ihe r-rut^ci Tt e
man wno stop.- eating ?h* .* omeot bis bur?
ger is* appeased i* the wise man. Nature
needs tio morp food than sh?? caite for. Con?
tinued excess hrioga about indigestion f-r
dyspepsia, with loss of fl-sh, strength, sleep,
ambition Mnd mat.y dangerous local maladies.
The $10 . ach now ran do nothing xlone.
We rat-st appeal to 3'>me nr;i6ci*'ly diges'ed
f(io<f which cnn a so digest other tov'd
That is to s*y, we must nse the Shnker Di
pf?t?Te Cordial. The fffsct is promot and
cheering. The chronic pain and distress
cease.* Appetite presently revives Fiesb
and Vigor eteduaily comes t-*ck, ar-d 'h*
sufferer r'.cover?. But he t; ust be careful io
fu?ore. A trial boti'e for 10 cents.
Lftxol is the nest medicine for chi'dren.
Doct rs r^cornend 11 jo pl^ce or Castor O?
Tutt's Pills
Cure All
Liver Ills.
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Estate of Robt? S? Aycoek, Minor,
DECEASED.
IWILL APPLY to the Judge of Probate
of Sum er County, 00 April 31, 1897, for
a final discharge HS Guardian of Person and
Estate of aforesaid Minor, deceased.
MRS. H L. AYCOCK,
March 3, 1897--4t. Guaroiar?
OTTO GARHARDT,
FLORIST AND GARDENER.
INFORMS HIS CUSTOMERS and the
public that be is prepared to furoit-b Soe
a rt i ck s in
Fruit, Trees, Roses and all kinds of Flower
Plants
Also Cabbage Plants and Other Va
riet us of Vegetable Plants.
1. 0 Cabbage Pl?nts, ? .25
LOCO " " 2.00
ICO Pansy Plants, 1 00
fie ( ffers his services to lay out gardens
and put them in sbnpe. Reasonable terms
M cb I.
ClareiiiU?gjyu. F. M.
THE REGULAR MONTHLY COMMU?
NICATION of ClHremont Lodge, No.
4, A. F. M.. will be held on Thursday
Evening, March 18th, at 7#} p. ra. Brethren
will take doe notice and govern themselves
accordingly
Estate of Jas* Hi lycock, Dec'd. :
'fi WILL APPLY to the Judge of Pro- |
bate of SIM tei County on April 3d, !
1897, for a firml discrnrg- ns Administrators
of aforesaid Estate
ALBERT E. A YCOCK,
WM. T A YCOCK,
Marchi 3, 189T-4' AdmintS'rators.
Es?a?e ol' Janies Brimson, Dec'd.
?WILL APPLY to the Judge of Probit? j
of Sumter County, on April 10ih. 1897, '
for a Final Discharge as Administrator of
aforesaid E-tale.
Mch 10-4t. JOS. W. BRUNS?N, Ad'mr.
That heritage of rich and poor, has saved
many a life. For Throat and Lung affections
it is invaluable. It never fails to cure Cough,
Cold, Croup and WhocDing=Cough. DR. BULL'S
COUGH SYRUP is the best, Price 25 cents.
Chew LANGE'S PLUGS.Ths Great Tobacco ?niidcte,13c. Dealers or mail.A.C.Meysr & Co., BaIto.,Md.
All of the latest Spring styles and Novelties that the
Northern market affords, with European Importations are now
in stock, with new additions arriving every day.
Our buyers have been in the market for several weeks, and
everything possible has been done to make oar selections this
season surpass our always well assorted stock.
We have secured for ou
leader this season in Blao
Goods, the celebrated "GOLI
MEDAL77 brand. A line neve
sold before in the South. W
do not hesitate to say that thi
is lhe BEST line of Black Hen
riettas, Mohairs. Brilliantines
(fancy and plain) Serges, Jack
nards, etc.. ranging in pria
from 25c. to ?1-50.
Our Novelty Dress Pattern
are things of beauty and j oj
for ever. A special featun
about them, there are NO T WC
ALIKE. Ladies take notice
of this.
Ni)YELTY SUITINGS-1
case of Novelty Suitings, 3(
inches wide at Hie, r?gulai
15c goods-an elegant thine
for Shirt Waists and Suits foi
this season.
A' LEADER-25 pieces o:
Wool Challie, nice patterns
very stylish, a leader, She.
Have you a little time tc
spare? It will be a mutual
pleasure to have you look al
our assortment of Organdies,
Lawns, Ducks, Linens and
Summer goods. They are pos?
itively beautiful. You will
agree with us when you see
them.
Have you seen the new Gilt
and Silver Tinsel effect Organ
di?s. We have them. They
are great.
LININGS-Every season
brings forth new things in the
way of Linings, but the spring
of 797 has surpasses them all.
There is not a shade of goods
for which we cannot supply a
suitable lining.
The latest in foundation
skirt linings are the Moire
Antique and Gros Grain Rust
leine, Satin Stripe Taffeta Lin?
ing, Silkaline Linings from 5c.
to 15c. per yard. Cambrics at
the usual price. Every shade
of Percalines and Fancy Waist
Linings 10c to 25c per yard.
We have a special founda?
tion lining, 40 inches wide for
Organdies in all light shades.
STANLEY SHIRT WAISTS
-This is going to be a great
shirt waist season. You have
heard of the Stanley Waist It
is well known with its Flarette
Waist Adjuster and Skirt
Hanger. Our line is well se?
lected to please the Southern
trade. Look at the line in our
window at 50c, they are 75c
and 100c goods that we bought
at a price. Our regular line
from Toe to S 1.75. '
Brown's Skirt Fas?
tener-The first and only
appliance perfectly closing the
placket and absolutely securing
the Skirt Band about the
Waist. Price, 25 cents.
LACES-A Feature of the
stock this season is the Lace
Department. It comprises all
the novelties in imported and
domestic Laces, in white, cream '
and black, in all widths and
qualities, prices ranging from
2c to ?1.25 per yard. It will
be worth your time to look at
them.
SHOES AND SLIPPERS
-We are always improving
our line of Ladies7 and Men:s
Shoes, and have not almost
reached the climax with our
present display, of Shoes, Ox?
fords, Sandals, Strap Sandals.
Prices are lower than the
lowest.
CLOTHING-We have as
always Strouse & Brothers cel?
ebrated line of High Art Cloth?
ing. It needs no comments to
Sumter buyers. For our Sum?
mer goods we have the choice
o.f Alfred Benjamin & Co's line,
the acknowledged leaders in
their line of business. Max
1 Brummers fine Trousers still .
hold the lead in our estimation
and also our customers.
OUR CUSTOM DEPART?
MENT.-When we have noth?
ing in stock to suit you we will
make you a suit guaranteed to
fit you. Two of the largest and
finest line of woolens in the U.
S. for you to select from.
SHIRTS-Just wait until
you have seen our line of
Shirts. Our buyers spent some
time before deciding which was
the best line. When you see
them you will be convinced
that their efforts were not in
vain. Prices, oh, the price is
the smallest part about them
the shirts are full size.
NECKWEAR-We have al?
ways held our good reputation
for nice Neckwear and always
will. Ties for everybody. Ties
for 10c per doz. Wash Ties at
5c, 10c and 15c a piece. Bows
at 10c, 15c, 20 . and 25c. Silk
Ties at 25c and 50c.
SPECIAL-10 boxes 50c.
Silk Band Bows, as a leader.
25c a piece.
We ask that before purchasing you will give us a call, we
will make it very interesting to you, and save you a good per?
centage of your money.
Everything can be found in our Stores.
YOURS FOR BUSINESS,
Sumter, S. C.,